When we look at a photograph we sometimes want it to be something else. We might say that we like this, but don’t like that; or I wish I could see more of this. In doing so, we miss what…
I visit Sable Island often, perhaps twice a year for 8 weeks or so. It is a great place for photography but after coming here since 1997 one may think what you see gets old. There are horses, sand, sand…
Silently a flower blooms, In silence it falls away; Yet here now, at this moment, at this place, The whole of the flower, the whole of the world is blooming. This is the talk of the flower, the truth of…
There is a plant that I have in the front of my garden called Artemisia schmidtiana “Silver Mound”. When I saw this plant at the garden centre I was impressed by its colour and texture and uniqueness so I bought it.…
Contemplative photography can lead one to a deeper experience of everyday life, one that you may share with others or not. The late Shambhala buddhist teacher, Chogyam Trungpa, explain this well. THE ART OF MEDITATIVE EXPERIENCE “The art of meditative experience…
I recently spent a coupe of weeks in Japan and visited a photography museum in Tokyo. There was an exhibit showing the winners of an international journalist competition. There was also an exhibit showing the progression in the techniques for…
